C.L. Applegate and Company

C. L. Appelgate and Company was a bourbon whiskey distillery established and located in Yelvington, Kentucky. It was owned, built and operated by Colonel C.L. Applegate and his brother Edward Applegate sometime between 1875 and 1880 on the west of the road between Maceo and Yelvington, Kentucky, today known as KY Hwy 405, on land purchased from Sam Taylor Hawes of Yelvington. (See 1876 map of Yelvington at bottom of page) The company made only bourbon whiskey using the brand names Rosebud and Beechwood. *

C.L. Applegate and Company

C. L. Appelgate and Company was a bourbon whiskey distillery established and located in Yelvington, Kentucky. It was owned, built and operated by Colonel C.L. Applegate and his brother Edward Applegate sometime between 1875 and 1880 on the west of the road between Maceo and Yelvington, Kentucky, today known as KY Hwy 405, on land purchased from Sam Taylor Hawes of Yelvington. (See 1876 map of Yelvington at bottom of page) The company made only bourbon whiskey using the brand names Rosebud and Beechwood. *